Interim Deputy Company Secretary

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Deputy Company Secretary to join our Governance team. This will be a short term appointment to cover the end of a family leave period, ideally commencing in September 2024 and finishing at the end of January 2025. You will be responsible for delivering governance support to the Leadership Team and its related bodies.  You will also work with the Company Secretary and your fellow Deputy Company Secretary to provide support to the governing bodies of Plan International, Inc. (including the International Board, Members’ Assembly, their standing committees and any ad hoc committees), deliver an effective company administration and secretariat service, and plan and attend a face-to-face meeting of the Leadership Team and the International Board in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2025.

 The Individual

You should have an understanding of corporate governance and experience in providing support to decision making bodies (including agenda planning, coordinating the preparation and provision of pre-read material, preparing minutes of meetings, tracking meeting actions, and planning face-to-face multi-day meetings), working effectively across several jurisdictions.

Strong corporate administration and project management skills will be imperative as will excellent relationship building skills and the highest level of diplomacy and discretion. You will need to be able to work alongside Board members, staff and senior managers.

You should have excellent judgement, and an awareness and understanding of the significance of compliance and governance issues.

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Location: This role sits within the General Counsel’s department at the Global Hub and can be delivered from location where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and where you have the pre-existing right to work and live. 

Type of Role: Fixed term – preferably September 2024 – February 2025

Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here.

Closing Date: 22nd August 2024, we will be reviewing applications on an on going basis, we encourage early application 

*Applicable locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe 

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.